<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">When I was in college I had a BN7 that had a side exhaust and I liked how cool was the growl of the exhaust and visible flashes from the tailpipe on downshifting. Way Cool... So about ten years ago I decided to put a side-pipe on the 100. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">It was no difficult deal and I simply got a piece of pipe bent with the right sweep and cut to length with an appropriate angle at the tip which just cleared the left rear tire. I instantly gained a bit more ground clearance in the back and the sound and light show was about as I remembered from my younger day</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Then I took a couple of days' road trip and I found that the exhaust noise simply wore me out and at the end of the day my already-diminished hearing was about non-existent.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">So when I got home I removed the short pipe and reinstalled the original--and there it sits</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">I don't know if I have grown up or simply grown old but sometimes cool is not the same as it once was.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Best--Michael Oritt</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 2:33 AM, Simon Lachlan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk" target="_blank">simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">I sent this last night, but it didn’t make it. I’ve cut the pictures’ size down. Again:-</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d">“</span>When I decided to explore the idea of a side exhaust for my 3000 MkII BT7 I was appalled at the cost and mostly by the fact that one had to buy, at least, a whole new silencer which came with side exit pipes.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">It occurred to me that a better solution would be to swap the pair of long pipes that came out of the box and went to the rear for a pair that simply came out of the box and curved off to the side. ie to keep the box, downpipes etcetc and only swap the last bit of pipework. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Yes, I know that none of this is much use to BJ8 owners. At least, I presume as much. Depends how vital the second, rear, box is.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Anyhow, I mentioned this before and a few people asked for more info....pics and dimensions. I’d lost the precise blueprint that I drew up for the stainless exhaust man and didn’t have any useful pics. Well, the system is on the workshop floor now and I’ve taken a few pics and got the tape measure out. Hard to be precise with curves, but you’ll get the idea.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">It’s been on for about 5 years and seems to be doing OK. Done +/- 7,000 miles I’d guess.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">See attached. (Being able to send attachments is such a great improvement. Being able to receive them is even better!)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">So, sorry to bother all of you....but I did say that I’d get back with the details. I just didn’t say that it might take a year or two!<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal">Simon<span style="color:#1f497d">”</span><u></u><u></u></p></font></span></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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